Broadway Lights!

Another weekend, another show...sorry, I mean site!  This was our first time on a Caravan Club site and I have to say, we loved it!  The site in the Cotswold village of Broadway is beautiful and very convenient to the village itself, being only a ten minute walk away.

We missed the Royal Wedding because we were travelling, which turned out to our advantage; the roads were empty.  When we arrived on the site we met a lovely lady in the office who explained we could pitch up wherever there was a space.  We hadn't encountered this before and were a little taken aback.  But it was great.  We found a wonderful pitch on no. 50 - pitches 49 - 53 are the best ones - south facing and with lots of grass behind to sit out on.

Huge Pitch No. 50

The only downside to the pitches is the fact that you do need a very long extension lead and TV cable to be able to reach the post, at least 25 feet.  We managed to cobble together an extended TV lead with a couple of sandwich bags wrapped around the connections to keep them dry.  Not the most aesthetic piece of kit, but it did the job.

In reception there are books at 50p and dvd's for hire at £1 each.  A good idea as the TV reception can be a little patchy apparently, not that ours was, it must have been our excellent cabling skills.

After a quick set-up we walked into Broadway and enjoyed a good pint (Doug) and a glass of wine (me) in the Broadway Hotel.  Dogs are very welcome inside the bar, so this makes a difference.  Jasper settled down to sleep after all the excitement of the day.  They had the Royal wedding highlights on the large television in the corner so I got to see the wedding after all.  A couple of glasses of wine and a bowl of chips and we were good to go.

A walk through the village brought us to a large flag bedecked double decker bus.  One of the original old London buses.  As we were looking around it the lady conductor asked if we fancied a ride around town, 'It's free.' she said.  We couldn't resist a trip down memory lane as it was just like the buses that used to drive up and down Morecambe promenade when we were kids.

Fares Please!

As we drove around the village, we saw lots of people having their own Royal wedding garden parties, all dressed up and champagne flowing, helping to celebrate William and Kate's big day.  It made us proud to be British.  Jasper seemed to take it all in his stride, settling down on one of the side steps for a doze.

Back at the site we found the toilet/shower block to be very clean and well attended.  The gravel pitches are huge and everyone is so friendly on a CL site.  It's like we are all members of one big club - wait a minute, we are.